This is an episode list for the British television sitcom Love Thy Neighbour, which was created by Vince Powell and Harry Driver. The series ran for eight series, and was broadcast on ITV1 from 13 April 1972 to 22 January 1976.[1] There were fifty-three episodes in total, and each episode ran for a duration of 30 minutes, except for the 1973 New Year's Special, which ran for 45 minutes.[1]
A pilot episode, featuring Gwendolyn Watts as Joan Booth, was also produced, but was never broadcast.[2] Its script was modified slightly to become the first episode of the series proper, titled "New Neighbours".
Series overview
edit| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| Pilot | 1 | Unbroadcast | ||
| 1 | 7 | 13 April 1972 | 25 May 1972 | |
| 2 | 6 | 11 September 1972 | 16 October 1972 | |
| Sketch | 1 | 25 December 1972 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 19 March 1973 | 30 April 1973 | |
| 4 | 8 | 12 December 1973 | 4 February 1974 | |
| 5 | 6 | 18 February 1974 | 1 April 1974 | |
| 6 | 7 | 2 January 1975 | 13 February 1975 | |
| 7 | 7 | 17 April 1975 | 29 May 1975 | |
| 8 | 6 | 11 December 1975 | 22 January 1976 | |
Episodes
editUnaired pilot
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Produced & Directed by | Written by | Original air date [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | Love Thy Neighbour | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | Unbroadcast | |
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An unbroadcast pilot of the series. The part of Joan Booth was played by Gwendolyn Watts in this episode only.[2] | ||||||
Series 1 (1972)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Produced & Directed by | Written by | Original air date [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "New Neighbours" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 13 April 1972 |
| 2 | 2 | "Limbo Dancing" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 20 April 1972 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Petition" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 27 April 1972 |
| 4 | 4 | "Factory Dispute" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 4 May 1972 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Seven Year Itch" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 11 May 1972 |
| 6 | 6 | "Refused a Drink" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 18 May 1972 |
| 7 | 7 | "Sex Appeal" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 25 May 1972 |
Series 2 (1972)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Produced & Directed by | Written by | Original air date [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | "The Housewarming Party" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 11 September 1972 |
| 9 | 2 | "Voodoo" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 18 September 1972 |
| 10 | 3 | "Clarky Leaves" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 25 September 1972 |
| 11 | 4 | "The Bedroom Suite" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 2 October 1972 |
| 12 | 5 | "The TUC Conference '72" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 9 October 1972 |
| 13 | 6 | "Religious Fervour" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 16 October 1972 |
Christmas sketch (1972)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Produced & Directed by | Written by | Original air date [5] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | "Untitled Christmas Sketch" | Stuart Allen | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 25 December 1972 | |
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A short sketch broadcast as part of ITV's All Star Comedy Carnival.[6] | ||||||
Series 3 (1973)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Produced & Directed by | Written by | Original air date [7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "The GPO" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 19 March 1973 |
| 15 | 2 | "The Car" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 26 March 1973 |
| 16 | 3 | "Eddie Returns from Holiday" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 2 April 1973 |
| 17 | 4 | "Lion and the Lamb" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 9 April 1973 |
| 18 | 5 | "The Lift" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 16 April 1973 |
| 19 | 6 | "Barbie Becomes Pregnant" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 30 April 1973 |
Series 4 (1973–74)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Produced & Directed by | Written by | Original air date [8] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series | ||||||||||||
| 20 | 1 | "Hines' Sight" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 12 December 1973 | |||||||
| 21 | 2 | "Friendly" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 19 December 1973 | |||||||
| New Year's Special | ||||||||||||
| 22 | 3 | "Working on New Year's Eve" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 31 December 1973 | |||||||
| Series | ||||||||||||
| 23 | 4 | "Eddie's Mother-in-Law" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 7 January 1974 | |||||||
| 24 | 5 | "The Ante-Natal Clinic" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 14 January 1974 | |||||||
| 25 | 6 | "Two Weeks to Babies" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 21 January 1974 | |||||||
| 26 | 7 | "To the Hospital" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 28 January 1974 | |||||||
| 27 | 8 | "The Big Day" | Ronnie Baxter | Vince Powell and Harry Driver | 4 February 1974 | |||||||
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Note: This was the final episode co-written by Harry Driver, who died in November 1973.[1] | ||||||||||||
Series 5 (1974)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Produced & Directed by | Written by | Original air date [10] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 1 | "The Mediterranean" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 18 February 1974 | |
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Note: This was the first episode solely written by Vince Powell, following Driver's death.[1] | ||||||
| 29 | 2 | "Bananas" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 4 March 1974 | |
| 30 | 3 | "Teething Problems" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 11 March 1974 | |
| 31 | 4 | "Cat's Away" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 18 March 1974 | |
| 32 | 5 | "Ghosts" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 25 March 1974 | |
| 33 | 6 | "Eddie's Birthday" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 1 April 1974 | |
Series 6 (1975)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Produced & Directed by | Written by | Original air date [11] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 1 | "Reggie" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 2 January 1975 | |
| 35 | 2 | "Jacko's Wedding" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 9 January 1975 | |
| 36 | 3 | "Duel at Dawn" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 16 January 1975 | |
| 37 | 4 | "The Darts' Final" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 23 January 1975 | |
| 38 | 5 | "Royal Blood" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 30 January 1975 | |
| 39 | 6 | "Club Concert" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 6 February 1975 | |
| 40 | 7 | "The Nannies" | Anthony Parker | Vince Powell | 13 February 1975 | |
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Note: This was the final episode written by Vince Powell.[1] | ||||||
Series 7 (1975)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Produced & Directed by | Written by | Original air date [12] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | "Famous Crimes" | William G. Stewart | Sid Colin | 17 April 1975 | |
| 42 | 2 | "The Lady and the Tramp" | William G. Stewart | Brian Cooke | 24 April 1975 | |
| 43 | 3 | "Protection of the Law" | William G. Stewart | Jon Watkins | 1 May 1975 | |
| 44 | 4 | "The Opinion Poll" | William G. Stewart | H. V. Kershaw | 8 May 1975 | |
| 45 | 5 | "Manchester... United" | William G. Stewart | Colin Edmonds | 15 May 1975 | |
| 46 | 6 | "The TUC Conference '76" | William G. Stewart | George Evans and Lawrie Wyman | 22 May 1975 | |
| 47 | 7 | "The Coach Trip" | William G. Stewart | Spike Mullins | 29 May 1975 | |
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This episode is alternatively known as "The Coach Outing to Bournemouth".[13] | ||||||
Series 8 (1975–76)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Produced & Directed by | Written by | Original air date [14] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series | ||||||||||||
| 48 | 1 | "The Local By-Election" | Anthony Parker | Johnnie Mortimer | 11 December 1975 | |||||||
| 49 | 2 | "Eddie Becomes a Father Again" | Anthony Parker | Brian Cooke | 18 December 1975 | |||||||
| Christmas Special | ||||||||||||
| 50 | 3 | "Christmas Spirit" | Anthony Parker | Sid Colin | 25 December 1975 | |||||||
| Series | ||||||||||||
| 51 | 4 | "For Sale" | Anthony Parker | H. V. Kershaw | 8 January 1976 | |||||||
| 52 | 5 | "Power Cut" | Anthony Parker | George Evans and Lawrie Wyman | 15 January 1976 | |||||||
| 53 | 6 | "The Lodger" | Anthony Parker | Adele Rose | 22 January 1976 | |||||||
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Note: No writer was listed in the credits of this episode. However, the TV Times credited Adele Rose as writer.[15] | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Lewisohn, Mark (2003). Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy (2nd ed.). London: BBC Worldwide. p. 480. ISBN 0563487550.
- ^ a b c "Love Thy Neighbour Pilot". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 1 episode guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 2 episode guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 2 - All Star Comedy Carnival". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "All-Star Comedy Carnival - ITV1 Variety". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 3 episode guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 4 episode guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 4". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 5 episode guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 6 episode guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 7 episode guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 7, Episode 7". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 8 episode guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Love Thy Neighbour Series 8, Episode 6". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 January 2024.